"[It] was always packed; some of us went back for the first lecture after we'd already taken the course," he wrote. "After some banter scaring underclassmen into the seats in front of the auditorium, Professor Chapman launched into his venomous lecture on Cyrano, with particular attention to the character Roxanne. Later in the course Professor Chapman discussed with much more admiration the works of George Bernard Shaw."
Bishop said that he remembered how hard it was to please Chapman.
"He was widely respected, and you really wanted his approval but he gave it very sparely," Bishop said.
"He was often very, very critical of many things in the theater," Hamlin said.
Harvard awarded Chapman an honorary masters degree in 1956.
Chapman was born in Highland Park, Ill. and graduated in 1941 with a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.
During World War II, he served in naval intelligence in Morocco and Europe and later taught at Princeton and Berkeley before coming to Harvard.
Chapman, who died Sept. 27, is survived by a sister, Joan Chapman, of Davie, Fl.
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